Chasing Life
Hosted by Sanjay Gupta and Dr Sanjay Gupta · CNN Podcasts
4.5from 8,653 ratings
- 650
- Episodes
- 215
- Transcribed
- 8,653
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 126K
- YouTube views
About Chasing Life
Chasing Life means living life to its fullest. That’s what Dr. Sanjay Gupta aims to do, and he wants you to join him on the journey. Through conversations with leading voices in health and wellness, Sanjay demystifies complex issues at the expanding frontiers of science and shares insights from his decades-long quest to better understand the human body and mind — as a practicing neurosurgeon, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, and, perhaps most importantly, a dad.
- Publisher
- CNN Podcasts
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
215 of 650 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Your Phone Is Now a Casino. What's It Doing to Your Brain?
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
We're Living Longer. Here's How to Die Better.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Your Phone Is Now a Casino. What's It Doing to Your Brain?
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Really wonderful, funny, smart young man. $250,000 spent on gambling in just two years. Near suicidal. Says to me, what point is there to live? I have so much debt. I'm not good at anything. I don't want to be on this earth. That's lethal emotional pain. Who are we talking about here, Professor? […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Coy Wire
- Timothy Fong
- Dr BJ Miller
- Dr Julius Few
- Robert Kolker
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 125,543
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 8,009 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 644 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts Chasing Life?
Sanjay Gupta and Dr Sanjay Gupta host the show. Published by CNN Podcasts.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Chasing Life take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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